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Area costume, thrift stores gear up for Halloween shoppers
B Costumes for the year’s
scariest holiday range from
as little as $1 up to $52.
BY BRADLEY HOWARD
STAFF WRITER
As Halloween creeps closer to
Franklin Street, local shops are cashing
in on students’ demands for holiday cos
tumes.
“We’re always prepared for cos
tumes,” said Steven Schrenzel, a part
Realism of ‘Skylight’ gives
poignant portrayal of love
Relationships spawned out of infi
delity are doomed to abrupt and bad
endings. Or are they? Such is the story
of “Skylight," a poignant yet intimate
play by David Hare.
The 1997 multiple Tony-nominated
play is being staged by Play Makers
Repertory Company at the Paul Green
Theatre until Nov. 9. It is directed by
guest director John Rando, who last
year directed the brilliant “Three Tall
Women” for
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Play Makers.
“Skylight”
is realism at
its best, strik
ingly human
and involved
Theater Review
'Skylight'
Play Makers
Repertory Company
with societal problems.
An elaborate stage complete with
working stove, portable heater and sink
create the apartment of Kyra Hollis, a
young school teacher who has ended a
lengthy affair with a wealthy restaurant
chain owner, Tom Sergeant.
It has been three years since Tom’s
wife Alice found out that Kyra, who’d
been living in their house and helping
with Tom’s growing business, was sleep
ing with her husband. On that day, Kyra
packed her bags and abruptly left the
posh lifestyle, leaving Tom to explain
the affair to Alice.
So Edward, Tom’s 18-year old son,
stops by Kyra’s first-floor flat in
Northwest London. Though he tells
Kyra he is just passing by after shopping
at a local music store, he actually visits
Kyra to talk about Tom, who has been
acting “very peculiar” since Alice’s
death to cancer a year ago. Edward and
Alice reminisce about the days when
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with parents on important issues.
“I’m concerned about helping some
of the people who don’t have voices.”
Woods, who has been a classroom
volunteer for 10 years, said he also
believed encouraging achievement
among all groups was important, but his
platform concentrated on other reforms,
such as decreased class sizes.
“I think the studies are pretty clear
that decreased class size, particularly at
the elementary level, improves scores,”
he said.
Woods said he was also in favor of
more efficient construction of schools,
more teaching assistants in fourth and
fifth grades and a comprehensive tutor
ing program.
Didow, an associate professor at the
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owner of Time After Time Vintage
Thrift Shop. “Obviously for us it’s our
best week of the year.”
Schrenzel said the shop is prepared
for Halloween because it provides cos
tumes on a daily basis for playhouses as
far away as Wilmington.
“We try to restock everyday,” he said.
“So if you don’t find it one day, try again
the next”
Schrenzel said the shop sells its mer
chandise as cheaply as possible, and he
said that many people spend less than
sls. However, die shop does not have
rentals.
they acted like a “family” and even
about her affair with Edward’s dad. But,
she offers no promises to meet Tom
again.
Soon after Edward leaves, Tom enters
Kyra’s life again. Though the chemistry
built on a relationship of six years of
intimacy still remains between them,
they are separated by their guilt over
their affair and a combination of socioe
conomic matters.
Tom is a wealthy, set-in-his-ways
restaurateur with influence and any
number of contacts. Kyra lives in a less
than-desirable section of town and is an
ambition-driven teacher of students
from tough backgrounds.
Hare’s story is one of clashing social
backgrounds and two persons’ com
pletely different goals in life. Hare’s real
ism can be seen in the tumultuous rela
tionships of three people trying to get on
with their lives, and coping with prob
lems in distinct ways.
Frank Converse as Tom and Kate
Forbes as Kyra controlled the stage with
masterful acting. When they raged and
when they were calm and intimate, the
two became the couple. The chemistry
the two actors exuded was unique and
added to the troubled relationship their
characters were supposed to be in.
Matthew Greer as Edward was just as
compelling. The actors had such power
and vision and Rando guided them
wonderfully on the visually stimulating
stage.
“Skylight” is a masterpiece of realism
complete with three-dimensional char
acters, a descriptive setting and a grip
ping story current enough for anyone to
identify with.
Kenan-Flagler School of Business and
the only incumbent running for re-elec
tion to the Chapel Hill-Cariboro Board
of Education, said he was pleased over
all with the performance of the school
board.
“I would characterize all seven mem
bers as people who are committed, con
cerned and work hard as the dickens,”
he said.
Upcoming issues facing the board
include Internet access and open-lunch
policies, Didow said.
Didow also encouraged voters’ sup
port of the bond referendum on Nov. 4,
which would allocate $47 million for
schools.
Didow said he was hopeful that the
school board would continue to suc
ceed.
“You hope for each two steps forward
you take, you take none back.”
Caroline Thaxton, a worker at
Surplus Sid, which has more than 2,000
costumes for sale, said the shop appreci
ated the rush.
“It’s a lot quieter the rest of the year,”
Thaxton said. “We have a whole rack in
the back of rented costumes, but we still
have a billion costumes (available for
purchase).
“Business has picked up insanely
(beginning this month),” Thaxton said.
Purchasing costumes at Surplus Sid
ranges from $lO to SBO, Thaxton said.
Rentals range from sl2 to $52 per night
with a credit card deposit about twice
Dinner awards those most beneficial to disabled
BY BARRETT BREWER
STAFF WRITER
The theme of Thursday’s annual
Orange County Awareness Disability
Council awards dinner, “Ability, a bridge
to the future,” focused on the abilities
and efforts of those involved with con
tributing to the welfare and betterment
of the disabled community.
The awards dinner, held in honor of
Natonal Disability Awarenes Month,
recognized those persons or organiza
tions who have made a signifigant out
reach to the disabled population and
who met the criteria set by the President
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parts of the community, and they all
come together to give me ideas and help
out with programs,” Newman said.
Camille Graham, a sophomore phys
ical education major from Charleston,
S.C., became involved with the Swoosh
Team after playing intramural basket
ball with Newman. She said she enjoys
Swoosh Team activities because of the
excitement they create among students.
Graham said her favorite activity was
PLAY. Day, a program designed to get
young girls involved in athletics. One
hundred Girl Scouts participated in the
event, traveling from station to station
to learn about such sports as volleyball,
karate, track and field and soccer.
“Kenya is a lot of fun to be around,”
Graham said. “She’s very friendly and
good at taking the initiative and makes
Swoosh meetings great.”
David Peedin, a junior from
Princeton and a Swoosh Team mem
ber, said he admired Newman’s ability
to re-invent old concepts.
“I’ve found the team rewarding in
many capacities, such as encouraging
people to exercise more and be more
healthy,” Peedin said. “The key is try
ing, and that’s what Nike is all about.”
Nike recently became a popular cam
pus issue following student protests of
its labor practices in response to the
University’s approval of a $7.1 million
athletic contract with the company.
Newman said the protests have very
little effect on her job, although she has
Nike videos and information for anyone
with questions about the company.
“I wouldn’t be involved in Nike if I
thought they were really exploiting
workers,” Peedin said.
Newman said: “I’m just a miniscule
part of a huge company and am not a
PR specialist for Nike. I obviously have
my allegiance with Nike, but I do my
job for the love of sports.”
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the rental cost.
Because of the increased business,
some merchants suggested students get
their costumes well before Oct. 31.
“If (students) want a costume, they
need to come and get one now,” said
Chris Mervin, director of operations at
Party City in New Hope Commons
shopping center. “It’s our busiest time of
the year. We have a lot of adult costumes
instock.”
The “Scream” costume has already
sold out, but there are a few “M&M”
costumes left, Mervin said.
He said the price for a costume ranges
Bill Clinton’s Committee on Disabilities.
Timothy Miles, organizer of the
event, said the dinner was important
because it recognized those who helped
to empower the disabled economically
and in the business community.
“(The dinner) lets people learn about
persons with disabilities and to let them
focus on people as people and their abil
ities,” Miles said.
The dinner, held at the Omni Hotel,
featured award presentations in five
major areas of service: Citizen of the
Year, Employer of the Year,
Distinguished Service, Media (print and
broadcasting) and the president’s award.
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outfit. Mervin said the average price is
about S2O.
The Parent Teachers Association
Thrift Shop in Chapel Hill has been
restocking costumes weekly and does
not plan to run out of them until next
Tuesday or Wednesday, said Frances
Harris, head clerk.
Harris said the biggest time of the
year for the shop is the Christmas sea
son, but business does increase near
Halloween.
Students can get a costume for less
than $5, she said.
The guest speakers for the dinner
were Joel Harper, president of the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of
Commerce; N.C. Rep. Verla Insko CD-
Orange); N. Margaret Saleeby, N.C.
leading disabilities specialist; and Greg
Fishel, senior meteorologist, WRAL-TV
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were those with political and influential
prominence who had previously been
involved with the disabled.
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At the Carrboro PTA Thrift Shop, the
situation is reversed.
“(October) is one of our biggest
months,” said Valeria Harris, manager.
“It’s bigger than Christmas.”
The Carrboro PTA Thrift Shop will
have an outdoor sale Saturday from 8:30
a.m. to noon. AD items on the tables will
be priced at sl.
On regular days, she said a complete
outfit costs less than $lO, and accessories
can be purchased for $25 and up.
“We hope to sell out,” she said, “But
you can always find something to use for
a Halloween costume”
importance.”
Awards were presented to Jennifer
Airrington for citizen of the year; Hill
Country Woodworks for employer of
the year; Chapel Hill News for print
media; WCHL for broadcast media;
Jackson Hewitt Tax Services for distin
guished service; and Christine Shia of
the Chapel Hill Herald for the presi
dent’s award.
“Most people don’t have personal
friends who are handicapped,” Insko
said. “Most people are reluctant to get to
know a handicapped person.
Handicapped people are no different
than we are.”
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